Esther 6
1 On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the
book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king. 2
And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and
Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who
sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.
(Mordecai had done a good thing toward the king.)
3 And the king said, What
honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this?
Then said the
king's servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him.
4 And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the
outward court of the king's house, to speak unto the king to hang
Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him. 5 And the king's
servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the
king said, Let him come in.
6 So Haman came in. And the king said unto
him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour?
Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do
honour more than to myself?
7 And Haman answered the king, For the man
whom the king delighteth to honour, 8 Let the royal apparel be brought
which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon,
and the crown royal which is set upon his head: 9 And let this apparel
and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble
princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to
honour, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city, and
proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king
delighteth to honour.
10 Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and
take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to
Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king's gate: let nothing fail of
all that thou hast spoken.
11 Then took Haman the apparel and the horse,
and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street
of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the
man whom the king delighteth to honour.
12 And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his
house mourning, and having his head covered. 13 And Haman told Zeresh
his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him.
Then
said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the
seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not
prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.
14 And while they
were yet talking with him, came the king's chamberlains, and hasted to
bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.
Esther 7
1 So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.
2 And the
king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine,
What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and
what is thy request? and it shall be performed, even to the half of the
kingdom.
3 Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found
favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be
given me at my petition, and my people at my request: 4 For we are sold,
I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we
had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although
the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.
5 Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who
is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?
6 And
Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman.
Then Haman
was afraid before the king and the queen.
7 And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into
the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to
Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him
by the king.
8 Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the
place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon
Esther was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me
in the house? As the word went out of the king's mouth, they covered
Haman's face.
9 And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the
king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made
for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of
Haman.
Then the king said, Hang him thereon. 10 So they hanged Haman on
the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's
wrath pacified.
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Comments by Joan Boney
We see God's wrath is satisfied also with judgment ...
Numbers 25
1 And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab. 2 And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods:and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods. 3 And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor:and the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel.
4 And the Lord said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the Lord against the sun, that the fierce anger of the Lord may be turned away from Israel.
5 And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baalpeor.
6 And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
7 And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand; 8 And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel. 9 And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.
10 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 11 Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.
12 Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace:13 And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel.